Wheel-hub.



"0.3709375. Pdtented Sept. l6, I902.

H. N. THAYEB.

WHEEL HUB.

1 (Application filed July 5, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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35. p e Fig. 5isatransverse seotionof the hub without spokes on the line 00 0c in Fig 1.

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' vania, have invented certain new and useful and exact description of the invention, such wheel-hubs and particularly to the construction of wheel-hubs for childrens carriages and other light vehicles, and has for its ob-- make a wheel-hub andat the same time provide means for closing the outer end of the Ais a thimble, preferably made of sheet raised plOjBGtlODStt, or,if desired,with an' pressed sheet met-al collars B and B, which slide onto the ends of the thimble A until theycontact with the projections a thereon. These colla'rsare provided with holes b to receive the spoke-wires and with beads 12 on L their inner faces to receive the ends of a tube I or shell 0, which operates to sustain the col- FFicE.

LATENT HORACE N. THAYER, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

WHEEL-HUB.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters lEatent No. 709,375, dated September 16, 1902.

- Application filed July 5. 1902. Serial No. 114,458. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE N. THAYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and'State of Pennsyl- Improvements in Wheel-Hubs; andldo hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,

as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the'accompanying drawthereon, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in ject the production of a wheel'hub from parts preferably of light sheet metal so made and arranged with relation to each other as to hub, so that the hub whencompleted is not only strong"and serviceable, but light and symmetrical. in appearance. I accomplish improved wheel-hub withthe spokesbroken away. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section of the wheel. Fig. 4is an end viewiufelevation of one of the collars forming part of thehub.

Inthe drawings illustrating my invention,

metal and preferably'provided with small nular beads. Upon this thimble I place lars B B against inward pressureand at the same time forms the outside shell of the central part of the hub. The peripheries of these collars B B are provided with teeth 12 and scallops 12 which teeth in the forming of the beads b on the collars are turned or flanged outward, as illustrated particularly in Figs. 1, 2, and 4:, so that after the spokes D are threaded through the holes I) in the collars parallel with the thimble A they can be bent up into the scallops b between the teeth I) on the collars B and B, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3, and joined to the wheel-rim E, as illustrated in Fig. 3, after which a disk F, preferably of rubber or other flexible ma terial, is placed against the outer end of the thirnble A and inside of the outwardly-projecting teeth b against the upturned spokes D, and the outer ends of the teeth 12 bent down over and upon the periphery of the disk F, so as to secure it in place and securely close the outer end of the hub, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3, and on the opposite or inner end of the thim his A, I place a sleeve 'G, the inner end of which contacts with the upturned spokes D, while the outerend isprovided with an annular flange G for securing the hub to the axle, this sleeve G being secured to the thimbleA by slightly swaging the periphery of the outer end thereof outward, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. It will be observed that in this construction I produce a serviceable wheel-hub of sheet metal, which is of very light weight and of symmetrical and pleasing appearance.

Having thus described my invention so as to enable others to construct and use the same,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is--- 1. The combination in a wheel-hub of a central thimble, inwardly-beaded and outwardly-flanged collars with spoke-openings therein on said thimble, and an outer shell or covering between said collars held in place bythe beads thereon, substantially s set forth.

2. The combination in a wheel-hub, of a place by turning inward the teeth on the outer hub-collar, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

The combination in a wheel-hub, of a central thimble, a sheet-metal collar having its periphery flanged outward on the outer end of the thimble, and a disk closing the outer end of the hub and secured thereto by bending the flanged portion of the sheet-metal collar down over the periphery of the disk,

substantially as set forth.

4:. The combination in a wheel-hub of a central thimble A, peripheral projections a,

thereon, collars B B on said thim'nle, beads bon their innerfaces,ontwardly flanged teeth b on their peripheries and spoke-openings b in said collars, spokes D passed through the openings in said collars and bent outward against their outer faces between the peripheral teeth thereon, a shell 0 covering and inclosing the spokes D between the collars B and B, a cap F closing the outer end of the hub and secured thereto by bending the teeth down over the periphery of said cap, and a flanged sleeve G secured to the inner end of the thimble, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HORACE N. THAYER.

Witnesses:

H. M. STURGEO'N, F. J. BASSETT. 

